Economic Watch: Pilot free trade zones, China's vanguard of reform
China’s pilot free trade zones (FTZs) are to enjoy greater autonomy in making reforms, in light of their role in facilitating the country’s institutional innovation over the past eight years, since the first one was established in Shanghai. A key meeting on reforms has stressed efforts to deepen high-level institution-based opening-up, pledging reforms to build pilot FTZs into free trade parks with international influence and competitiveness. The 20th meeting of the central committee for deepening overall reform on Friday reviewed and approved a series of documents, including measures on ...